Effectiveness of hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection control policies differs by ward specialty

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Sadsad, Rosemarie ^a,b,c   Sintchenko, Vitali ^a,b,c   McDonnell, Geoff D ^b   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL WARD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WARD;

ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ISOLATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84892416578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083099     Document Type: Article

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